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William Hereford McGinnis Papers, 1834/1954 22.4 Linear Feet Summary: 22 ft. 5 in. (52 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

McGinnis, William Hereford, 1855-1930
The personal business papers of William Hereford McGinnis (1855-1930), a Beckley lawyer who was prosecuting attorney of Raleigh County, 1892-1896, a senator in 1902, judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals, 1922-1924, chairman for a number of years of the executive committee of the Democratic Party in Raleigh County, and delegate to the national convention in 1920. There are case papers, correspondence and other records of the Hatcher-McGinnis Law Firm, 1834-1930; family photographs; and materials relating to the Methodist Church and World War I.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

William H. Hope to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 53

Hope, a real estate lawyer in Virginia, wishes to assist Lee in recovering his Arlington estate. He includes a newspaper annnouncing that Union soldiers killed at numnerous wartime battlefields would be reinterred at Arlington and that a memorial would be placed there in their honor.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1866
  5. Correspondences, 1866

William H. Kinnon to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 46

This letter was written by William H. Kinnon from Tangipaho Station, Lousiana on March 13, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Kinnon writes to request information on costs of attendance for the sons of his five sisters.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1866
  5. Correspondences, 1866

William H. Lawrence Civil War Papers, 1863/1910, bulk 1863/1864 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 8 items (1 folder)

Lawrence, William H.
Papers of William H. Lawrence, Second Lieutenant, 9th Company Ohio Volunteer Sharp Shooters. Includes his appointment (1864), discharge papers (1864; 2 items), and a pension certificate (1887; for "severe deafness of both ears, and disease of the heart, results of sun-stroke."). Also includes five letters Lawrence wrote to his parents during the war (1864), two in manscript and three in print form. There is also a letter to his sister (1910). Lawrence is known to have served as a Lieutenant, 9th Company Ohio Volunteer Sharp Shooters; as a 2nd Lieutenant, 60th Ohio Volunteers; and as a 2nd Lieutenant, Company "Y", 60th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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